Hello everyone Happy Tuesday! Von Marie here and I’m happy to be on the Inspired by…Blog today.  This week our theme is Mittens #IB372 and I love the fun photo.  We also have a great card sketch.  

So I was inspired by the colors in the photo.  I love the sketch too but honestly I just started ink blending on white cardstock using this great stencil set from Pretty Pink Posh that’s a Layered Mittens set that I forgot the sketch..oops but that is okay because either photo or theme or both is perfectly fine.  I used inks like Catherine Pooler Stone Blue, Polished, and Pinkfresh Studio Warm Buff to give me those blues, reds, and beige colors on my 3 piece stencil set.

I also used a Mittens Banner die from jaded Blossom Winter Banner Dies that I cut out with white cardstock.  I ink blended it with the same inks.  It comes with a separate mitten die with stitching so that is what I ink blended.  I stamped a cute sentiment on white cardstock with black ink also using Jaded Blossom called Fuzzy Mittens.  My sentiment was cut and my background was cut to A2 size 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 using my paper trimmer. I cut some gingham ribbon from my stash and grabbed a heart button like the image and some red embroidery thread and hot glued them to my card panel.  I had to dust my hot glue gun as it had been a while since it has been used.  All were glued to a gray A2 card base.  

You still have time to join us!  Just link your card to the Challenge post there is a linky there and if you win your photo will be shared and you can get a badge for your blog.  Every week we have a New challenge and they are so fun!! I can’t wait to see how you are inspired?

Crafty Hugs
Von Marie

This week’s Inspired By challenge had me scrounging through my stamp and die sets to find a bird I wanted to use. It’s always fun to rediscover an item from from my stash that hasn’t been used in a very long time. This set from Paper Smooches called Natural Beauties was not exactly what I had in mind when I started my search but, when I discovered it, I knew I wanted to use it.

Inspiration for this card first came from the little birds on the mittens, then the colors and sketch.

What is it about this week’s challenge that inspires you? Is it the mittens, birds, colors, textures, sketch? We hope you’re inspired to play along. ~MarDi

Oh my so many wonderful cards in the gallery last week it was hard to choose a winner!

Renate

Don’t forget to play along this week!

Sharing my take on this week’s inspiration with a mitten shaped card. I was inspired by the colors and the theme. I love to create shaped cards, always been a favorite of mine. This card was created with https://www.silhouettedesignstore.com/mitten-gingerbread-cookies.html. I only used one, and did an outline shape, duplicated it and then welded it to make the card. I used the remaining pieces for the front. Lori Whitlock’s Echo Park Winter Fun collection was used to complete it.

This week’s Inspired By Challenge is stitched with sweetness and full of handmade charm! 🧵🧤 These soft felt mittens, complete with tiny birds, gingham ribbons, and rustic stitching, bring out all the nostalgic winter feels. Will it be the soft color palette, the layered details, or the homespun texture that inspires your next project? Let the inspiration photo and sketch warm up your creativity—and don’t forget to tag us when you share your mitten-made magic!

For those of you who are new to our challenge, every week we post our inspiration photo challenge and sketch and hope that you will join us by creating a project for our challenge.

How are you inspired? Create a project and in your post, let us know what inspired you from the photo, and don’t forget to display our inspiration photo and link back to our challenge 😊

Now for our Design Team’s inspiration:

Von Marie

MarDi

Laurel Seabrook

Cathy Harper: Inspired By… Mittens

Amy Tsuruta

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Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Frozen Treats

I was inspired by the theme, colors and sketch! My card features the following products:

• Simon Says Stamp – Galentine | die
• MFT – Cross Stitch Circle | die*
• Spellbinders – Small Pinking Circles | die*
• Lawn Fawn – Stitched Snowflakes | lawn cuts
• Pretty Pink Posh – Christmas Holder | dies
• Pretty Pink Posh – Holiday Mug Additions | dies

I combined the following cardstock:

• Concord & 9th – Tidepool | cardstock
• Spellbinders ColorWheel – Lavender | cardstock
• PTI – Vellum | cardstock
• Spellbinders – Gold Assortment | cardstock

The Galentine sentiment by Simon Says Stamp is such a fantastic price point, it’s a must have!

I was a bit late to the party but I had to play along!

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Hello everyone Happy Tuesday. Von Marie here with you. It’s my day Today on the Inspired by…Blog and I am loving this weeks challenge-Frozen Treats and Card Sketch. 

Let’s Get Started:

I was so inspired by the colors in the photo like blue, lavender, and white. I saw cupcakes so I went with that and they can be frozen and yummy right? I also loved the sketch it’s so much fun. I stamped some cupcakes with Memento Tuxedo ink on white cardstock 4 1/4 x 5 1/2. The cupcakes are from a older stamp set Close To My Heart Cutie Pie. I stamped 9 like the card sketch then colored them in with my OLO alcohol markers.

I then stamped a sentiment from the same stamp set with black ink onto my panel using my stamping platform. My panel was then added to a A2 card base. I added a few snowflakes that I used from a Spellbinders die set DOM July 25 with white cardstock and glued them to my cupcakes. It reminded me of the snowflakes from both the theme and sketch photos. Lastly, I added some glitter glue to some of the snowflakes and to the cupcakes that had a topper. That finishes my card. I had fun making it!

You still have time to join us, challenge will end tomorrow Wednesday. You can add your link to the Inspired By…Challenge Blog by Social Media, Blog, Pinterest..ETC.

Crafty Hugs,

Von Marie

Who doesn’t enjoy a frozen treat from time to time? This cute mouse is certainly delighted with his blackberry buckle, double fudge, mint chip ice cream cone.

I used a wonky circles stencil to create a background similar to the inspiration photo and colored this cute mouse image from Art Impressions with copic markers. I was inspired by the beautiful colors of aqua and lavender and the frozen treats theme. How does the photo or sketch inspire you to use your stash? We would love for you to join us this week! ~MarDi